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Police & Fire
Suspended CT Driver Leads High-Speed Pursuit On Route 9: State Police
A Connecticut woman is facing multiple charges after leading state police on a high-speed chase before crashing into another vehicle on Route 9, authorities said. Troopers from Troop F – Westbrook were conducting routine traffic enforcement around 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, when they spotted a white Acura TL with a Connecticut registration on Route 9 southbound in Deep River. A check of the plate revealed that it was not registered to any motor vehicle, police said. When the trooper got behind the Acura, the driver, later identified as Meghan Lewonczyk, 37, of Manchester, abruptly made …
Obituaries
Danbury Man ID'd In Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash On Route 9
Police have identified the 61-year-old man who was killed on Thursday, Jan. 2, when his car crashed on Route 9, authorities said. Francisco Alves Ribeiro, of Danbury, was driving south around 6 a.m. when his Honda Accord left the roadway and crashed into a tree in the grass median near Exit 19, Connecticut State Police said. Police closed the highway for several hours as they cleaned, cleared, and investigated the scene. It's unclear what caused him to lose control and leave the highway. Investigators ask anyone who witnessed the crash or has any information about it to …
Obituaries
'Heart Full Of Kindness': State Police Chaplain Killed In Crash Remembered For His Compassion
Dr. Rev. Paul Krampitz didn't look like a preacher, but his friends and colleagues said he was built for it. Middlesex County resident Paul Krampitz, age 65, of Cromwell, was killed Thursday, Sept. 18, when a car crashed into his Harley Davidson motorcycle around 4:15 p.m. near Exit 33 on Route 9 in Berlin, Connecticut State Police said. Paramedics rushed him to New Britain Hospital, where he died of his injuries. The crash is under investigation. Krampitz, who went by the nickname Styx, was the Connecticut State Police chaplain, a preacher at Be…
Police & Fire
CT Man Who Hit State Police Car Caught, Charged, Police Say
A man who allegedly hit a Connecticut State Police car and drove off has been located and charged, authorities said. The Middlesex County incident occurred in Middletown on Friday, May 3. At approximately 8:30 a.m., a Connecticut State Police (CSP) car was traveling north in the leftmost lane of Route 9, near Exit 21, when the vehicle had to slow down due to a prior accident on the roadway. James Paternostro, age 30, who was driving behind the police car on the expressway, attempted to change lanes while the cop car was slowing down; while changing lanes, he allegedly struck the CSP car…
Police & Fire
CT Man, 21, Killed After Hitting Concrete Sign Support, State Police Say
A 21-year-old Connecticut man was killed after hitting a concrete sign support. The crash occurred in Hartford County at 3:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 4 on Route 9 in New Britain. According to the Connecticut State Police, New Haven resident Anthony Montminy, age 21, was traveling south of exit 37 in an Infiniti Q50 in the center lane of three when for an unknown reason, he veered across the left lane, into the left shoulder and entered the grassy median. The Infiniti then collided with a concrete sign support and came to a final rest within the grassy median, police said. Mon…
Police & Fire
Latest Update: Woman Caused Daughter's Death By Bringing Her Into CT River, Police Say
A 24-year-old woman has been charged with murder after allegedly intentionally drowning her 2-year-old child in the Connecticut River following several crashes, police announced. Middlesex County resident Devoni Miller of Cromwell was arrested by Connecticut State Police on Thursday, Dec. 21 in connection with the death of her daughter, Deroyal Miller, in September 2023, authorities announced. State Police took Miller into custody shortly after she was arrested by Cromwell Police in connection to a crash that occurred just before the child's death. Earlier Repo…
Police & Fire
Woman Flees Crash Scene Before Discovery Of Dead 2-Year-Old In CT River: Police
A woman faces charges in connection with a crash that occurred just before a 2-year-old girl was found dead on the banks of the Connecticut River, police announced. New, updated report - Woman Caused Daughter's Death By Bringing Her Into CT River In Cromwell: Police Middlesex County resident Devoni Miller of Cromwell was arrested in connection with a September 2023 crash that happened just before her child was discovered dead along the Connecticut River, Cromwell Police announced on Thursday, Dec. 21. Earlier Report - State Police Seek Witnesses To Cromwell Crash, 'Susp…
Police & Fire
Man Killed After Walking In Front Of Traffic In CT
A 42-year-old man was killed after being struck by a truck on a busy road in Connecticut, police announced. The incident happened in Hartford County on Tuesday, Dec. 19 just after 6 p.m., when a Toyota Tacoma struck a pedestrian while traveling in the right lane on southbound Route 9 in Berlin near Exit 33, according to Connecticut State Police. According to police, the pedestrian, identified as 42-year-old Damian Liberda of Berlin, had been in the right lane right in front of the Tacoma when he was hit. Liberda was seriously injured and was later declared dead at the scene, po…
Police & Fire
Trapped Cow Rescued From Culvert In CT After 'Exceptional' Multi-Day Effort
Thanks to the persistence of fire crews, veterinarians, and other first responders, a trapped cow was rescued from a watery culvert 100 feet below a busy highway in Connecticut months after going missing. The events leading to the rescue began in Middlesex County on Saturday, Oct. 28, when Middletown resident Chelsea Brookes first spotted the cow and alerted the Middletown Police Department. Authorities soon identified the cow as Blossom, who had escaped her pasture at a farm on Bartholomew Road in Middletown two months earlier. After her months-long disappearance, Blossom had found herse…
Police & Fire
CT State Police Seek Witnesses To Crash, 'Suspicious' Death Of Child Passenger
The suspicious death of a 2-year-old girl following a two-car crash has Connecticut State Police asking for any witnesses to step forward. The collision took place in Middlesex County in Cromwell on Route 9 around 5:20 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11. According to State Police, Devoni Miller, age 24, of Cromwell, was traveling southbound in a 2016 Hyundai Sonata when she allegedly hit the back of a 2010 Kia Forte driven by Hartford County resident Cheryl Robbins, age 59, of Rocky Hill. The impact caused the Hyundai to cross the center median and strike the metal guardrail on the right shoulder, s…
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Uncooperative, Drunk Woman Hits CT DOT Vehicle: Police
A Connecticut woman was arrested after she reportedly crashed into another vehicle and hit multiple construction cones, officials say. In Middlesex County, Jennifer Ryan, a resident of Coventry in Tolland County, was arrested on Monday, July 24 after she reportedly drove erratically on Route 9 southbound near Exit 27 in Cromwell, according to authorities. Multiple calls reported that a red Lincoln MKZ, later determined to be driven by Ryan, crashed into a CT DOT vehicle and hit several construction cones in a work zone around 11:30 p.m., Connecticut State Police said. The …
Business
Iconic CT Seafood Eatery Reveals Closing Date After Nearly 30 Years In Business
An iconic seafood restaurant in Connecticut has officially announced its closing date after being in business for almost 30 years. Chowder Pot of Hartford will be closing for good on Saturday, March 25, the restaurant said in a Facebook post on Monday, Feb. 13. This comes after the owners originally revealed that Chowder Pot would be closing on Tuesday, Jan. 3. "It has been bittersweet since announcing our closing," the Chowder Pot wrote on Facebook. "While it has been a good run at this location it is time to say goodbye and look to do something different." UPDATE TO ANNOUNCEMENT …
News
Video: Car Hits Trooper, Firefighter At Scene Of Crash, CT State Police Say
Connecticut State Police have released a graphic dashcam video that shows a driver hit a state trooper and a firefighter as they were helping at a crash. The incident took place in Middlesex County on Route 9 on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Cromwell. According to state police, Firefighter Jon Anthony Bicking and Trooper William Atkins were working at the scene of a crash southbound near the merge lane of I-91. While investigating the accident and working the scene, a 2014 Honda Accord "lost control on the curved roadway, traveled through the grass gore area and entered from the side of the sc…
News
CT Man, Age 33, Killed After SUV Hits Concrete Barrier
A 33-year-old Connecticut man was killed in a single-car crash after his SUV hit a concrete barrier and rolled. The crash took place in Middlesex County around 3 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 3 on Route 9 in Middletown. According to state police, New Haven County resident Vance Jenkins of Ansonia was traveling on Route 9 near Exit 12 in Middletown in a 1997 Toyota 4Runner in the left lane of two while negotiating a curve in the roadway when he struck the concrete barrier in the median. The 4Runner then traveled across the roadway through the right lane and right shoulder, striking a slight emb…
Police & Fire
CT 18-Year-Old Facing Host Of Charges After Stop Sticks Used By Police During Racing Incident
A teenager is facing a host of charges after Connecticut State Police deployed stop sticks during a racing incident overnight. Troopers were investigating a large group of cars that had been observed operating at a high rate of speed and racing in Middlesex County at around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 on Route 9 in the towns of Cromwell and Middletown. Troopers followed the group of vehicles to the DOT Commuter Lot located off of Industrial Park Rd in Cromwell, where a large group of cars were observed engaging in reckless and dangerous activities, according …
Police & Fire
Impaired CT Woman Caught Driving Wrong Way In Construction Zone, Police Say
A Connecticut woman was busted allegedly driving drunk or high on drugs in the wrong direction in a construction zone on Route 9. The incident took place in Farmington around 12:40 a.m., on Wednesday, Aug. 31. According to state police, Mindy Lee Rivera, age 37, of New Britain was arrested after troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Route 9 South where I-84 East and West merge. Upon arrival, troopers found two vehicles in the left lane adjacent to the construction pattern just north of the Route 9 turnaround and Rivera standing in between the left and right lanes on Route 9 So…
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Operating Remote-Controlled Car On Busy CT Roadway
A man has been accused of operating a remote-controlled vehicle on a busy roadway in the region. Connecticut State Police troopers in Hartford received multiple reports of a pedestrian operating the remote-controlled car on Route 9 in the New Britain/Berlin area at around 7 a.m. Saturday, July, 16. Callers reported the man running across the northbound lanes of travel onto the southbound lanes, operating the car, police said. A responding trooper located and approached an occupied vehicle, parked on the Route 372 westbound entrance ramp to Route 9, in the town of Berlin, and observe…
Police & Fire
CT State Police Trooper Struck By Wrong-Way Driver In Head-On Crash
A Connecticut State Police trooper was struck by a wrong-way driver in a head-on crash overnight. It happened in Middlesex County just after 4 a.m. Saturday, April 16 on southbound Route 9 in the area of Exit 19 in Cromwell. The assigned state police cruiser crashed with the wrong-way vehicle, a 2016 Honda Accord, as it was traveling northbound in the left lane of the southbound side. The driver of the Honda, identified as Guy Raffles of Meriden, age 65, stated he was not injured and was asked to perform a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed to pe…
Police & Fire
Woman Killed, Toddlers Hospitalized After Single-Vehicle Rollover Crash, CT State Police Say
A woman was killed and two young children were hospitalized after a single-vehicle rollover crash in Connecticut. It happened just before 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 in Hartford County, in Berlin. A Chrysler Town & Country LX was traveling on Route 9 southbound, just south of Exit 23, in the left lane of two, Connecticut State Police said. For an unknown reason, the driver lost control of her vehicle, said police. The vehicle then traveled to the left and struck the metal beam guide rail located on the median, according to police. It continued along the g…
Police & Fire
Six From Fairfield County Charged With DWI In NY State Police Stops
New York State Police troopers busted more than a dozen motorists who were allegedly driving while impaired over the last week-plus in the area. The local residents charged were: Westchester County On Saturday, Dec. 8, State Police troopers from Cortlandt arrested Santiago M. Raymundo, 26, of New Rochelle, for DWI. He was traveling on Route 9 in Croton-On-Hudson, when he was stopped for a vehicle and traffic law violation. The investigation revealed that he was impaired by alcohol, and he was subsequently arrested. On Saturday, Dec. 8, State Police troopers from Cortlandt arres…
Police & Fire
DUI Motorist Who Failed To Maintain Lane Caught With Heroin, Meth, Cocaine, State Police Say
An early morning traffic stop led to a host of charges for a man who was busted by Connecticut State Police troopers with heroin, cocaine and other drugs in his car. Troopers stopped Middletown resident Austin Dwight Rhinehart, 28, shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, after he was spotted driving erratically on Route 9 in Chester. Police said that his vehicle was found swerving in and out of its lane at the time of the stop. Rhinehart went on to fail multiple Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and he was found in possession of heroin, cocaine and drug paraphernalia. He was arrested…
Police & Fire
CT Troopers Seize Heroin After Motor Vehicle Stop
Connecticut State Police troopers seized several bags of heroin and a hypodermic needle from a local resident during an early morning traffic stop over the weekend. Troopers stopped Westbrook resident Austin Rinehart on Route 9 at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11 in Chester when he was spotted by patrol driving erratically on the roadway. Police said that during the subsequent traffic stop, it was determined that the 28-year-old was possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He proceeded to fail multiple Standardized Field Sobriety tests administered by troopers, leading…
Police & Fire
Three Nabbed After Purse Snatching At Commuter Lot, State Police Say
Connecticut State Police troopers were able to track down an adult suspect and two juveniles who were allegedly involved in a purse snatching incident at a commuter lot on Route 9. Shortly before 7:45 p.m. on Sunday night, troopers from Troop H in Hartford responded to the Route 9, exit 30 commuter lot in New Britain, where a woman reported that three Hispanic men had taken her purse off her arm by force, before taking off on foot. Upon arrival at the scene, troopers spoke to the woman, who was able to provide a more detailed description of the three suspects, who were tracked down and deta…
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